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Board approves joining Main Street program; EDA to fund grant match
Summary
Supervisors authorized county participation in a Main Street program grant to inventory historic buildings and pursue economic development; the Economic Development Authority agreed to fund the county match and the county will maintain an annual $375 portal membership fee.
A board member summarized a grant opportunity through the CRC to help Amelia County identify an historic village district and create a building inventory that could support economic development and business attraction. The county’s participation would be funded in part by grant dollars, with the Economic Development Authority agreeing to cover the county’s matching share for the initial grant phase.
Speaker 9 said the program would provide outside assistance and that the county’s ongoing obligation after the grant would be limited to a $375 annual dues payment to maintain access to the online inventory portal. Supervisors moved and approved a resolution authorizing participation; staff said a roughly $3,000 local contribution and a grant of about $12,000 were expected but that exact amounts would be refined in grant paperwork.
